Name: AI Agent Development for Government Workflows (Intermediate) (Self-Paced)
Price: 899.0 USD
Availability: InStock

This course includes

6 hours of project-based training from experts
Answers from real instructors
Retake for free within 1 year
Verified digital certificate of completion
Learn at an accredited institution
Credits: 0.6 CEUs

AI agents go beyond chat - they take actions, use tools, and complete multi-step tasks. This hands-on course shows government technologists how to design and build a single, reliable AI agent for a real workflow, with the guardrails and human oversight government work requires. It is the build-it companion to AI agent oversight courses.

This course has a prerequisite

Recommended after Building AI Solutions for Government: Technical Foundations. Familiarity with the existing AI Agents for Government Workflows (oversight) course is helpful.

Tuition

Full Tuition

$899
Due before the class starts

This course includes

6 hours of project-based training from experts
Answers from real instructors
Retake for free within 1 year
Verified digital certificate of completion
Learn at an accredited institution
Credits: 0.6 CEUs

Learning Experience Highlights

Training from government‑experienced instructors

Receive instruction from subject‑matter experts who bring proven government experience.

Specialized for government & DoD

Courses that are regularly updated based on feedback and industry developments, ensuring versions are mapped to federal competencies.

The instructor was wonderful and so knowledgeable. The course materials were extremely relevant to what my job is. I feel like I can be better because of this class.
— 2025 student

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Real-world solutions

Directly addressing the day-to-day challenges of federal employees.

125+ departments & agencies served

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24/7 access to our premium course videos and projects.
Industry experts are assigned as your course instructor. Message your instructor with any questions.
Participate in GSUSA online discussion forums — share ideas and receive additional support.
Hands-on quizzes and mini projects to test and reinforce concepts.

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AI Agent Development for Government Workflows (Intermediate) (Self-Paced) Curriculum

What You'll Learn at a Glance

Explain how AI agents differ from chat and automation.
Design an agent for a specific government task.
Connect tools and functions to an agent.
Add memory and guardrails.
Keep a human in the loop.
Build and test a working single agent.

Course Syllabus

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Module 1: What an AI agent really is

Agents vs chatbots vs automation
Anatomy of an agent: tools, memory, loop
Good and bad agent tasks
The government oversight angle

Module 2: Giving an agent tools

Tool and function calling
The MCP pattern
Connecting to data and systems
Safe tool design

Module 3: Memory, control, and guardrails

Short- and long-term memory
Bounded autonomy
Guardrails and approvals
Failure modes to watch

Module 4: Keeping humans in the loop

Where to require human approval
Logging and explainability
Testing agent behavior
Handling mistakes

Module 5: Build a working agent (capstone)

Scoping a single-agent task
Building it step by step
Testing and hardening
From pilot to use

Installments
	10% non-refundable deposit
$899.00	Total You Pay